Lee County, Kentucky

administration
Lee County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Beattyville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box G Beattyville, KY 41311-2007
Foundation :	January 29, 1870
Made up from:	Breathitt County Estill County Owsley County Wolfe County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	7887 (2010)
Population density :	14.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	547 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Lee County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Beattyville , named after Samuel Beatty , an early settler in the area. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in east central Kentucky and has an area of 547 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Powell County , Wolfe County , Breathitt County , Owsley County , Jackson County, and Estill Counties .

history

Lee County was formed on January 29, 1870 as the 115th County in Kentucky from parts of Breathitt County, Estill County, Owsley County and Wolfe County. It was named after Robert Edward Lee , the commanding general of the Confederate in the American Civil War, or after Lee County in Virginia . The first district capital was Proctor until 1872. After that, Taylor's Landing was renamed Beattyville and became the new county seat.

A total of nine buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 9, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	4254	-
1890	6205	45.9%
1900	7988	28.7%
1910	9531	19.3%
1920	11,918	25%
1930	9729	-18.4%
1940	10,860	11.6%
1950	8739	-19.5%
1960	7420	-15.1%
1970	6587	-11.2%
1980	7754	17.7%
1990	7422	-4.3%
2000	7916	6.7%
2010	7887	-0.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Lee County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Lee County had 7,916 people in 2,985 households and 2,122 families. The population density was 15 inhabitants per km². The racial the population was composed of 95.10 percent white, 3.79 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.10 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.06 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.66 percent were descended from two or more races. 0.37 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,985 households, 32.6 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 54.8 percent were married couples living together, 12.8 percent were single mothers, 28.9 percent were non-families, 26.6 percent were single households, and 11.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 22.7 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.0 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 30.3 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 14.3 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 109.4 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older, there were statistically 111.8 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 18,544 , and the median income for a family is $ 24,918. Males had a median income of $ 25,930 versus $ 19,038 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,325. 25.2 percent of families and 30.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 41.0 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 22.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Lee County (Kentucky) - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Data at city-data

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516911. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 9, 2017.

^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Lee County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

37.59 -83.72Coordinates: 37 ° 35 ′ N , 83 ° 43 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516911. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 9, 2017.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[4] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011